The Florida AHEC Network offers tobacco continuing education programs to Florida’s practicing health professionals through a variety of techniques and formats
. In keeping with the Public Health Service Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Clinical Practice Guideline – 2008 Update, the Network is effecting systems change by imparting to healthcare providers the skills necessary to treat tobacco dependence and ensure it is a top priority during patient consultations.
Continuing education topics include brief intervention training, motivational interviewing, new tobacco products, cessation techniques, pharmacotherapy, pediatric pulmonary issues related to secondhand smoke, and best practices for working with special populations, such as pregnant women and adolescents. The trainings are available to health professionals at low or no cost, and they are provided through in-person workshops, seminars, conferences, symposia, and summits, as well as through DVD, CD-ROM, and Internet.
Click on the Find Training Near You link on the left to get information on specific programs in your area.
FREE Online Tobacco CE/CME Training Courses!
The Florida AHEC Network is pleased to offer FREE online tobacco training courses for health professionals via two online resources. Click on either of the following sites to find out more.
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Professional Resources
Right Click the Download link and click “Save Target As…” to download to your computer
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Florida AHEC Network Tobacco Brochure (PDF) Download
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Twelve Facts to Help Dispel the Myths about Nicotine
Replacement Therapies (NRTs) and Nicotine (PDF) Download -
Tobacco Treatment Chart (PDF) Download
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Cessation Counseling Services, Reimbursement and Resources Brochure (PDF) Download
For additional tobacco education & prevention resources, please be sure to refer to the “Resources” tab as well
